Active for 1 year
(1863) in United States

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Felipe Espinosa (Felipe Nerio Espinosa) a Mexican-American serial killer who along with his bother and later nephew killed an estimated thirty-two people in the Colorado Territory. Espinosa is considered to be one of America's first serial killers and Mexico's first serial killer even though Francisco Guerrero Pérez was the first Mexican serial killer to be captured in Mexico. Espinosa declared war on the United States and wanted to kill as many Anglos as he could. He mutilated some victims corpses with the heart hacked out of the chest. Espinosa was shot by a posse lead by Tom Tobin a legendary tracker of the times. Tobin beheaded the Espinosas and his nephew, his brother was killed in a previous gunfight with the posse.

Profile Completeness: 89%

Books that Mention Felipe Espinosa

Adam James Jones

The Vendetta of Felipe Espinosa

Charles F. Price

Season of Terror

Jerry D. Thompson

A Civil War History of the New Mexico Volunte...

Jan Murphy

Outlaw Tales of Colorado

4 Books that mention Serial Killer
Felipe Espinosa

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1432829912	The Vendetta of Felipe Es...	Adam James Jones	Felipe Espinosa	1
1457181371	Season of Terror	Charles F. Price	Felipe Espinosa	1
0826355684	A Civil War History of th...	Jerry D. Thompson	Felipe Espinosa	1
0762789344	Outlaw Tales of Colorado	Jan Murphy	Felipe Espinosa	1

Felipe Nerio Espinosa (c. 1836-1863) was a notorious Mexican-American murderer who killed an estimated thirty-two people in the Colorado Territory during the summer of 1863. He is widely considered to be one of America's first serial killers.

External References

1. Q800028 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Jan 4, 2019.
2. Felipe Espinosa on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Jan 5, 2019.
3. Adam James Jones, Vengeance or Plain Madness Felipe Espinosa on www.historynet.com, Retrieved on Jan 5, 2019.
4. Miguél A. Torrez, America's First Serial Killers: The Espinosa Brothers-1863 on dev.newmexicohistory.org, Retrieved on Jan 5, 2019.
5. The Violent Vengeance of Felipe Espinosa on www.the13thfloor.tv, Retrieved on Feb 24, 2019.
6. Adam James Jones, The Bloody Espinosas Terrorizing Colorado on www.legendsofamerica.com, Retrieved on Feb 24, 2019.

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Felipe Espinosa is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #84 of 327[ Page 6 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
2. #147 of 651[ Page 10 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
3. #161 of 651[ Page 11 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
4. #214 of 651[ Page 15 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
5. #544 of 651[ Page 37 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active

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